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2005 North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball Preview

2005 North Carolina Tar Heels Team Preview

Watch out for the 2004-05 NCAA National Championship Tar Heels—they’re
going to be unpredictable. Why? They’ve recruited some
of the most talented first year players in the country. Two
of the team’s four freshman will be starting!

The two starters, guard Bobby Frasor and swingman Tyler Hansbrough,
are both McDonald’s All-Americans and were fine shooters
in high school. Freshman swingman Danny Green, also a McDonald’s
All-American, is another player with a sweet shot, while frosh
guard Marcus Ginyard is considered by many to be the best defensive
player of the 2005 class. That’s the good news. The bad
news is who they’re replacing.

North Carolina has talent, but they don’t have experience.
They are lean in two primary areas—the paint and the point—where
they dominated last season. Seasoned coach Roy Williams (52-12
in two years at NC and 470-116 overall in 17 years) knows how
to win and realizes that this year’s victories will be
a whole lot tougher than last season’s. Williams has recruited
a first-year class that exudes versatility and this should serve
the Tar Heels well. But how well?

Athletic forward David Noel, the only starting senior on North
Carolina, will be a solid leader on the court while role player
Reyshawn Terry will probably get the nod as the other starting
forward. Last year at point guard Quentin Thomas had more turnovers
than assists. The second-year man is due to start this year
and will need to bear down and prove that he can competently
play that position.

It really is up to the first year guys to round out and pull
up this team. This team will be leathal in 2006 but can the
Tar Heels make it back to the Championship this season? No.
But can they make a run in March? That question will have to
be answered one game at a time.

2005 ACC Hoops Previews

Listed below are
all 12 teams of the atlantic coast conference. If you click
on any of the team links you will be taken to the individual
teams team preview. You may click on the ACC
Preview link to return to the Atlantic Coast conference
main page anytime.

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